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Developing Effective Hospital Management Information Systems: A Technology Ecosystem Perspective, Christopher Bain

Theses: Doctorates and Masters

This thesis presents the results of the program of research performed in the completion of a Doctor of Philosophy (Business) entitled: Developing Effective Hospital Management Information Systems: A Technology Ecosystem Perspective.

The central contention of this thesis is that the current ecosystem models in the information technology (IT) and information systems (IS) literature can be extended and improved. In turn they can be better applied to the field of IS and the development and implementation of information systems. This research seeks to highlight an example of how these models can be extended, through an analysis of the specific context of …

Comparison Of The Shaping Abilities Of Three Nickel–Titanium Instrumentation Systems Using Micro-Computed Tomography, Jin Yi Baek, Hyun Mi Yoo, Dong Sung Park, Tae Seok Oh, Kee Yeon Kum, Seung Yun Shin, Seok Woo Chang

Journal of Dental Sciences

Abstract Background/purpose The purpose of this study was to compare the canal transportation (CTR) and centering ratio (CR) of ProFile (PF), Twisted File (TF), and WaveOne (WO) nickel-titanium instrument systems and evaluate canal volume (CV) and surface area (SA) using micro-computed tomography (CT). Materials and methods Eighteen extracted human mandibular molars with two separate mesial canals were selected. The specimens were randomly divided into three groups of six teeth. Therefore, twelve root canals were allocated for each group ( n = 12): group 1, PF(#30/.06); group 2, TF(#30/.06); group 3, WO (primary) instrument systems. Working lengths were determined 0.5 mm …

Elliott Carter And His Use Of Metric And Temporal Modulaton In His Eight Pieces For Four Timpani : An Examination Into The Application Of Click Tracks During The Preparation And Performance Of These Works, Tegan Lebrun

Theses : Honours

Elliott Carter’s Eight Pieces for Four Timpani have become integral works in the solo timpani repertoire. They continue to offer technical and musical challenges to both developing and professional players and have influenced the development of the solo timpani genre to date. These pieces contain metric and temporal modulation – musical processes which alter certain performance parameters concerning pulse and subdivision tempi.

This dissertation investigates Carter’s use of metric and temporal modulation in his Eight Pieces for Four Timpani and examines the effects click track application has on the performance of these works. A brief biography of Carter and his …

Managerial Cost Accounting, Christopher M. Fairchild

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Intermediate Accounting Ii, William Hahn

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Biology I Lab, Sheila Prabhakar Abraham Dr.

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Biol 208l Anatomy And Physiology I Lab Syllabus, Steelman Library, A Franklin Dr

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Old Testament Survey, Steelman Library, Terris Neuman Dr.

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Attitudes Of Medical Students Towards Incentives Offered By Pharmaceutical Companies -- Perspective From A Developing Nation -- A Cross-Sectional Study, Usman Tariq Siddiqui, Amarah Shakoor, Sarah Kiani, Farwa Ali, Maryam Sharif, Arun Kumar, Qasim Raza, Naseer Khan, Sardar Mohammed Alamzaib, Syed Farid-Ul-Husnain

Medical College Documents

Background: A training physician has his first interaction with a pharmaceutical representative during medical school. Medical students are often provided with small gifts such as pens, calendars and books, as well as free lunches as part of drug promotion offers. Ethical impact of these transactions as perceived by young medical students has not been investigated in Pakistan before. This study aimed to assess the association of socio-demographic variables with the attitudes of medical students towards pharmaceutical companies and their incentives.Methods: As part of a cross-sectional survey, a validated questionnaire previously used for assessing attitude of medical students towards pharmaceutical industry, …

Divine Presence Theology Versus Name Theology In Deuteronomy, Roberto Ouro

Andrews University Seminary Studies (AUSS)

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Divided Anthropology: An Ontological Look At The Vatican's Rejection Of Women's Ordination, Kessia Reyne Bennett

Andrews University Seminary Studies (AUSS)

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Khirbat 'Ataruz 2011-2012: A Preliminary Report, Chang-Ho Ji, Robert D. Bates

Andrews University Seminary Studies (AUSS)

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On The Muslim Question [Review] / Norton, Anne, Bruce Campbell Moyer

Andrews University Seminary Studies (AUSS)

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Qumran Cave 1, Ii: The Isaiah Scrolls. Part 1: Plates And Transcriptions; Part 2: Introductions, Commentary, And Textual Variants [Review] / Ulrich, Eugene And Peter W. Flint, With A Contribution By Martin G. Abegg Jr., Christopher R. Chadwick

Andrews University Seminary Studies (AUSS)

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Exploring The Narrative: Jerusalem And Jordan In The Bronze And Iron Ages [Review] / Van Der Steen, Eveline, Jeannette Boertien, And Noor Mulder-Hymans, Eds., Jeffery P. Hudon

Andrews University Seminary Studies (AUSS)

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Misreading Scripture With Western Eyes [Review] / Richards, E. And B. O'Brien, Bruce Campbell Moyer

Andrews University Seminary Studies (AUSS)

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Does God Always Get What He Wants? A Theocentric Approach To Divine Providence And Human Freedom, John C. Peckham

Andrews University Seminary Studies (AUSS)

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Valuation Lessons From Estate Of Adell, Kerry A. Ryan

All Faculty Scholarship

In Estate of Adell, the Tax Court determined that the correct value of a decedent’s interest in a closely held corporation was the figure reported on the original estate tax return. The court rejected alternative values as either using the incorrect valuation method or failing to account for the significant value of a key employee’s personal goodwill.

An Artificial Neural Network For Predicting Crops Yield In Nepal, Tirtha Ranjeet, Leisa Armstrong

Research outputs 2014 to 2021

This paper examines the application of artificial neural networks (ANNs) for predicting crop yields for an agricultural region in Nepal. The neural network algorithm has become an effective data mining tool and the outcome produced by this algorithm is considered to be less error prone than other computer science techniques. The backpropagation algorithm which iteratively finds a suitable weight value is considered for computing the error derivative. Agricultural data was collected from thirteen years from paddy field cultivation in the Siraha district, an eastern region in Nepal, and used for this investigation of neural networks. Additionally, climatic parameters including rainfall, …

Constant-Stress Accelerated Life Test Of White Organic Light-Emitting Diode Based On Least Square Method Under Weibull Distribution, J Zhang, C Liu, G Cheng, X Chen, J Wu, Q Zhu, Laichang Zhang

Research outputs 2014 to 2021

It is currently hard to estimate the reliability parameters of organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs) when conducting a life test at normal stress, due to the remarkably improved life of OLEDs to thousands hours. This work adopted three constant-stress accelerated life tests (CSALTs) to predict the life of white OLEDs in a short time. The Weibull function was applied to describe the life distribution, and the shape and scale parameters were estimated using the least square method. The experimental test data were statistically analyzed using a self-developed software. The life of white OLEDs predicted via this software is in good agreement …

Zernike Moments And Genetic Algorithm : Tutorial And Application, Oluleye H. Babatunde, Leisa Armstrong, Jinsong Leng, Dean Diepeveen

Research outputs 2014 to 2021

Aims/ objectives: To demontrate effectiveness of Zernike Moments for Image Classification. Zernike moment(ZM) is an excellent region-based moment which has attracted the attentions of many image processing researchers since its first application to image analysis. Many papers have been published on several works done on ZM but no single paper ever give a detailed information of how the computation of ZM is done from the time the image is captured to the computation of ZM. This work showed how to effectively apply ZM on RGB images. We have demonstrated the effectiveness of Zernike moment in image classification system. A neuro-genetic …

Green Subsidies And The Wto, Steve Charnovitz

GW Law Faculty Publications & Other Works

This paper provides a detailed explanation how the law of the World Trade Organization regulates environmental subsidies with a focus on renewable energy subsidies. The paper begins by discussing the economic justifications for such subsidies and the criticisms of them and then gives examples of different categories of subsidies. Next the paper provides an overview of the relevant WTO rules and caselaw, including the recent Canada-Renewable Energy case. The paper also makes specific recommendations for how WTO law can be improved, and discusses the existing literature discussing reform proposals. The study further finds that because of a lack of clarity …

Sex Offenses Under Military Law: Will The Recent Changes In The Uniform Code Of Military Justice (Ucmj) Re-Traumatize Sexual Assault Survivors In The Courtroom?, Lisa M. Schenck

GW Law Faculty Publications & Other Works

In 2013, the President, Secretary of Defense, and members of Congress responded with shock and outrage to perceptions of increased sex assaults committed by military personnel upon other military personnel. Politicians are considering a variety of changes to substantive and procedural criminal law to make prosecution of such offenses more effective. This Article evaluates substantive military criminal law, UCMJ art. 120, 10 U.S.C. § 920, and Military Rules of Evidence 404(a) and 405(c). Drawing on lessons learned from state and federal laws, the Article then makes recommendations regarding statutory changes in military criminal sexual assault and procedural statutes. Specifically, the …

The Failure Of Originalism In Preserving Constitutional Rights To Civil Jury Trial, Renée Lettow Lerner

GW Law Faculty Publications & Other Works

The Federal Bill of Rights and state constitutions rely heavily on procedural protections, especially jury rights. Supporters of these rights at the founding praised the jury in extravagant terms, and many members of the legal profession continue to do so today. Yet civil and criminal jury trials are vanishing in the United States. The disappearance of the civil jury presents a puzzle because the Seventh Amendment and state constitutional rights require that civil jury trial be “preserved” or “remain inviolate.”

Scholarship on the history of constitutional rights to civil jury trial has tended to focus exclusively on the Seventh Amendment, …

(E)Racing Trayvon Martin, Cynthia Lee

GW Law Faculty Publications & Other Works

In this essay, Cynthia Lee celebrates the 25th anniversary of Critical Race Theory (CRT) by writing about the pitfalls of the ideal of colorblindness. She starts by analyzing Devon Carbado's seminal article on CRT and the Fourth Amendment, (E)Racing the Fourth Amendment. She focuses on Carbado's critique of Justice Sandra Day O'Connor's embrace of colorblindness in Florida v. Bostick, the case in which the Supreme Court modified the test for a seizure of the person. Lee uses Carbado's article as a springboard for critiquing the embrace of colorblindness by legal decision-makers involved in George Zimmerman's 2013 murder trial. Zimmerman …

Musical Work Copyright For The Era Of Digital Sound Technology: Looking Beyond Composition And Performance, Robert Brauneis

GW Law Faculty Publications & Other Works

For over 150 years, federal copyright law in the United States reflected and reinforced the model ofmusic as a two-stage art of composition and performance. Copyright protected scores, the stable, visually perceptible result of the deliberative activity of composition. It did not protect performances, theevanescent, unrepeatable, purely aural realizations of scores. Even as protection was extended tomusical sound recordings, copyright law has maintained a strong distinction between composition andperformance. In the last several decades, however, developments in sound technologies and their uses by musicians and listeners have substantially undermined that distinction. Written notation often no longer figures in any stage …

Merger Control Procedures And Institutions: A Comparison Of The Eu And Us Practice, William E. Kovacic

GW Law Faculty Publications & Other Works

The objective of this paper is to discuss and compare the role that different constituencies play in US andEU procedures for merger control. We describe the main constituencies (both internal and external) involved in merger control in both jurisdictions and discuss how a typical merger case would be handled under these procedures. At each stage, we consider how the procedure unfolds, which parties are involved, and how they can affect the procedure. Our discussion reveals a very different ecology. EU andUS procedures differ in terms of their basic design and in terms of the procedures that are naturally associated with …

"The Evolution Of Employment Discrimination Law: Changed Doctrine For Changed Social Conditions ", Michael Selmi

GW Law Faculty Publications & Other Works

Times change, and when they do, the law must as well. Much of the most important employment discrimination case law was established in the 1970s during an era when discrimination was both overt and pervasive. Moving forward forty years, discrimination has receded dramatically and is no longer seen as a default explanation for workplace decisions or statistical imbalances in a workforce. At the same time, the discrimination that remains is more complex, more subtle in nature and more difficult to identify. This article explores how the Supreme Court has navigated the declining but more complex nature of employment discrimination. In …

A Concise Guide To Using Dictionaries From The Founding Era To Determine The Original Meaning Of The Constitution, Gregory E. Maggs

GW Law Faculty Publications & Other Works

This Article explains how dictionaries published in the Founding Era may provide evidence of the original meaning of the Constitution. In addition, the Article identifies and discusses six potential problems with relying on definitions from these dictionaries, and cautions that these potential problems must be considered when using Founding Era dictionaries either to make claims about the Constitution’s original meaning or to evaluate claims about original meaning made by others. Finally, the Article includes an Appendix describing nine English language dictionaries and four legal dictionaries from the Founding Era that the Supreme Court has cited in constitutional cases, and indicates …

A Concise Guide To Using Dictionaries From The Founding Era To Determine The Original Meaning Of The Constitution, Gregory E. Maggs

GW Law Faculty Publications & Other Works

This Article explains how dictionaries published in the Founding Era may provide evidence of the original meaning of the Constitution. In addition, the Article identifies and discusses six potential problems with relying on definitions from these dictionaries, and cautions that these potential problems must be considered when using Founding Era dictionaries either to make claims about the Constitution’s original meaning or to evaluate claims about original meaning made by others. Finally, the Article includes an Appendix describing nine English language dictionaries and four legal dictionaries from the Founding Era that the Supreme Court has cited in constitutional cases, and indicates …